Vermicompost Utopia: 50 years building off-grid Tea Homestead 🪱 by Kirsten Dirksen on February 12, 2023 David Lee Hoffman has spent 50 years building a composting compound where waste – whether grey water from the kitchen …
Fragmented narratives prevent ambitious sustainability goals by Nicolás Boullosa on February 9, 2023 I recall discussing with my old daughter a few months ago about the talent (or lack thereof) of one American …
Bought whole ghost-town. They connected ruins in dream maze ꡙ by Kirsten Dirksen on February 6, 2023 Thirty-five years ago, Barbara Varese’s family began buying abandoned homes in a tiny Italian hamlet, and today she has united …
Real estate amateurs vs. bulk buyers in US & China: 2023 by Nicolás Boullosa on February 2, 2023 Would you sign a mortgage loan that compromises about half of your total income over twenty or thirty years on …
Couldn’t build higher. His Dugout backyard home grew upside-down by Kirsten Dirksen on January 29, 2023 When David Hills and Deborah Saunt began plans to build a home in the backyard of a 19th-century house in …
Self-discovery & risk-taking in today’s teens: nature/nurture by Nicolás Boullosa on January 26, 2023 In The Labyrinth of Solitude, Mexican poet and diplomat Octavio Paz grasped in a few lines the true meaning of …
Lost Valley wasteland revived as clever Restorative Ecovillage by Kirsten Dirksen on January 23, 2023 Nathaniel Nordin-Tuininga grew up in the ‘70s and ‘80s living off the land with his parents on an intentional community …
A/C future is ancient: heat-pump & evaporative cooling hybrids by Nicolás Boullosa on January 19, 2023 They can look a bit like an air conditioner unit. In the winter, the appliance extracts ambient heat from outdoor …
High-yield Solar Greenhouse harvests food & energy (timelapse) by Kirsten Dirksen on January 16, 2023 In the mountains overlooking Barcelona, a team at Valldaura Labs has built a solar greenhouse that harnesses the sun both …
Finding a purpose in today’s world: Elias from “Märzengrund” by Nicolás Boullosa on January 15, 2023 Some people turn away from the doctrines of a profit-oriented society and decide to live a simpler life in tune …
